In this episode of the Relationship Anxiety Podcast, your host McKell Kristen takes you on a journey to explore the topic of resistance and anxiety. This episode focuses on how resistance to thoughts, feelings, and future outcomes fuels anxiety, and how embracing discomfort can lead to greater peace.
McKell dives into:
✨ Understanding how trying to control and resist uncomfortable feelings creates anxiety
✨ The importance of learning to tolerate and allow thoughts and emotions rather than resist them
✨ How resistance can show up in relationships, including resisting feelings like disappointment
✨ Shifting from a need to resist and control outcomes to allowing space for emotions like sadness, anger, or joy
✨ Recognizing that suffering often stems from fighting against what is, rather than from the uncomfortable feelings themselves
✨ How to stop trying to fix anxiety by hurrying through relationship milestones or breakups
✨ The difference between reacting to and resisting emotions versus learning to process them without fear
✨ How dropping resistance opens up a world of emotional richness, moving beyond black-and-white thinking in relationships
✨ Practical steps to soften resistance, allowing yourself to experience thoughts and emotions with more peace
✨ The invitation to love and accept yourself and your partner, even with uncomfortable thoughts and feelings present
Don’t miss out on this chance to learn how to reduce anxiety by better understanding resistance.
